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**MANTECH** seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented **Senior DevOps Engineer** to join our team in **Fort Detrick, Maryland.** This is a **hybrid** position with 3 days onsite and 2 days remote. Expanded telework options may be available for exceptional candidates.

This position supports a pivotal Defense Health Agency (DHA) program within our Health Portfolio. This role serves as a senior member of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Systems Team reporting to the Lead Technology Architect. The SAFe Systems Team provides infrastructure support, DevOps tools, manages the Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline, and other shared technical services across one major agile Release Train coupled with two predictive projects focused on source systems.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

+ Operate as a senior member of a SAFe team focused on developing and maintaining a wide variety of software systems/sub-systems related medical logistics, business intelligence, and system integration.

+ Lead the SAFe Systems Team in DevOps tooling and support, including CI/CD and related tools in monitoring, observability, traditional and infrastructure as code (IaC) deployment, and configuration management.

+ Work with the Lead Technology Architect to analyze the as-is state of the pipeline and related tools, make recommendations, and manage the approved backlog of prioritized improvements/changes over time.

+ Participate in all phases of the development life cycle, acting as a mentor and coach for all staff interacting with the infrastructure and CI/CD pipeline, which includes developers, systems administrators, security experts, operational/monitoring senior developers, devops engineers, and other technical staff throughout the entire program. This also includes enforcing standards and best practices for DevOps and DevSecOps.

+ Create and maintain plans, drive DevOps, DevSecOps and Systems Team backlog grooming, and other documentation; and provide leadership in DevOps and DevSecOps approaches and tool – including enforcing standards and best practices for CI/CD.

Minimum Qualifications:

+ A minimum of eight years of progressive experience in large scale systems administration or software development for software projects, including at least 3 years in a senior role focused on DevOps, CI/CD, IaC, or related.

+ A minimum of four years of technical experience with complex software development projects, particularly modernization or migration efforts shifting from legacy systems (Powerbuilder, Oracle, or similar) to cloud-based platforms (AWS, Java Microservices, Kubernetes, Docker) – including managing a hybrid pipeline for deployment and configuration management using a Distributed Version Control System (Git) as functionality shifts from the as-is and destination platforms related to performance, transition risk, and team velocity.

+ Experience working with an interconnected mix of software systems, back-end processes, and integration functionality – including transactional systems, business intelligence and reports, and data integration pipelines via both traditional ETL and modern application programming interface (API) or message-queue approaches.

+ Experience with tools and capabilities such as Gitlab (including runners, pipelines, and API access), Jenkins, Atlassian (Jira/Confluence), OpenID Connect (OIDC), and scripting languages (ex. Bash, JavaScript, Python, Groovy, PowerShell).

+ Exceptional interpersonal, problem-solving, and trade-off analysis skills – particularly cross-team coordination where an architecture change has an impact to multiple sub-systems.

+ Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Information Systems, or Computer Science from an ABET accredited or CAE designated institution. Six years’ experience in a related field in addition to one of the following current certifications are required: Cloud+, GICSP, SSCP, Security+, GSEC, FITSP-O, GFACT, CASP+, CCNP Security, or CCSP may be considered in lieu of a degree.

Preferred Qualifications:

+ Enterprise logistics and supply chain experience, particularly medical logistics exposure related to inventory and cataloging, life-cycle management/tracking, and related industry/regulatory standards – and an understanding of logistics-related challenges as they relate to software system design and improvement.

+ Experience with the AWS GovCloud environment and managing architecture that spans a mix of existing legacy/migrating systems and cloud-based software.

+ Experience with API integration between Atlassian and Gitlab.

+ Experience or certification with the SAFe, CI/CD approaches, and advanced DevOps practices.

Clearance Requirements:

+ Must be a U.S. Citizen and willing and able to obtain a Public Trust and undergo a Tier 3 investigation.

Physical Requirements:

+ The person in this position frequently communicates with co-workers, management and customers, which may involve delivering presentations; must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations. The person in this position will need to be able to operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine and computer printer.

ManTech International Corporation, as well as its subsidiaries proactively fulfills its role as an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a position with ManTech through its online applicant system, please email us at [email protected] and provide your name and contact information.